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Whey supplements helped control blood sugar spikes when participants took them along with a high glycemic index meal, according to Swedish research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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Lunds and Byerly's stores are launching a line of private label products made by Lund Food Holdings that includes chips, salsas, grilling sauces and mustards in innovative flavors such as southern peach salsa and wasabi sake mustard. Holiday and healthy living products are in the pipeline for 2006.

Starbucks attributes its 7% same-store sales gain to more customers opting for blended drinks, an expanded lunch menu and its CD shop. The coffeehouse plans to open 1,800 new shops next year, including 500 international locations.

Roundy's Supermarkets will sell its grocery distribution business serving 50 smaller retailers to Supervalu, part of Roundy's effort to focus on its retail business. Terms of the deal were not released.

Germany likely will lose its title as Europe's largest grocery market to France in the next 10 years, but Russia is expected to take the top spot in 2020, IGD Services said. While western Europe's market is becoming saturated, growth opportunities abound in eastern Europe.

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement this week after intense lobbying that saw President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney make in-person appeals to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. "This win sends a powerful signal to the region and the world that the United States will continue to lead in opening markets and leveling the playing field," said U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman after the House voted 217 to 215 to approve the pact.